26 AUGUST 1916, page 1

News Of The Week.

W E have dealt in our leading columns not only with the very important news from Salonika and the Balkans but also with the good progress that has been made during the week on......

To Pursue An Escorted Battleship And Succeed In...

a second time in spite of her screen of protecting and presumably vigilant destroyers is an extraordinary feat. Thus the encounter of last Saturday ended not only relatively but......

The Government Have Taken New Measures To Prevent "pro-...

goods" from passing from Sweden into Germany. What are called prohibited goods have not, in fact, been prevented from going to Sweden ; they have been allowed to enter the......

Though We Are Not So Confident As Lord Cromer In

the power of the anti-suffragists to resist the demand for the vote if it is made after the war by the women who have been doing war work, we are most strongly of opinion that......

Last Saturday The German High Seas Fleet "came Out,"...

to the first Admiralty statement, "but learning from their scouts that the British forces were in considerable strength, the enemy avoided engaging and returned to port." In......

During The Debate On The Bill Prolonging The Life Of

Parliament in the House of Lords on Monday, Lord Cromer dealt with the subject of votes for women. Only two solutions of the question, he declared, were possible. One was the......

The Germans, However, Were Allowed To Publish Their...

first. They say that they sank "in the waters of the English east coast "—a fine euphemism for somewhere east of the Dogger—one small cruiser and one destroyer, while another......

Thursday's Evening Papers Contained The Announcement That...

took place on Wednesday night. We quote the official report :— One hostile airship crossed the East Coast shortly before midnight. A number of incendiary and some high explosive......

We Record With Great Satisfaction The News, Received In...

on Thursday, that the Russians are now on the crest of the Car- pathians. Their new advance has taken place near Mount Kowerla, a mountain some six thousand feet high which lies......

Lieutenant-commander R. R. Turner, Of The Submarine E 23, On

returning that day from the North Sea reported that last Saturday he torpedoed a German Dreadnought of the 'Nassau' class. While the ship was being escorted back to harbour by......

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The Latest Information As To The Recent Fighting East Of

the Suez Canal shows that the enemy lost half his force. This numbered about 18,000, and the casualties, including nearly 4,000 prisoners, were about 9,000. The war material......